Portuguese legislative election, 1980

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The Portuguese legislative election of 1980 took place on October 5. In January of 1980, the Democratic Alliance, which had won the previous election, in December 2 of 1979, entered office with Francisco Sá Carneiro leading the government. However, this election was an extraordinaire election, and so, in 1980, another election was held.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

The leader of the Democratic Alliance, Francisco Sá Carneiro, member of the Social Democratic Party was nominated Prime-Minister.

[edit] National summary of votes and seats

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Portuguese legislative election, 1980 (October 5)
Party Votes % Change Seats
AD
2,706,667
44.9%
-
126
FRS
1,606,198
26.6%
-
71
APU
1,009,505
16.8%
-
41
PSD
147,644
02.6%
-
8
UDP
83,204
01.4%
-
1
POUS/PST
83,095
01.4%
-
0
PS
67,081
01.1%
-
3
PSR
60,496
01.0%
-
0
PT
39,408
00.7%
-
0
PCTP/MRPP
35,409
00.6%
-
0
PDC-PDP-FN
23819
00.4%
-
0
CDS
13,765
00.2%
-
0
PDA
8,529
00.1%
-
0
OCMLP
3,913
00.1%
-
0
Blank
Ballots
34,522
00.6%
-
-
Invalid Ballots
103,140
01.7%
-
-
6,026,395
-
-
250
  • Registered Voters: 7,179,023
  • Turnout: 83.94%

Notes:

  • AD was composed by the CDS (Conservative) (46 MPs), the PSD (Conservative) (82 MPs) and the PPM (Monarchist) (6 MPs).
  • FRS was composed by the PS (Social Democratic) (66 MPs), the UEDS (Socialist) (4 MPs) and the ASDI (Social Democratic) (4 MPs).
  • APU was composed by the PCP (Communist) (39 MPs) and the MDP/CDE (Socialist) (2 MPs).
  • Although the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Social Center and the Socialist Party were united in the coalitions, they appear in the scorecard because they ran separated in the constituencies of Azores and Madeira.
  • A generic red rose was used in the Labour Party (PT) symbol.

(source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

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